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Recipe for success? US sandwich chain sued for non-compete rule 10 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

A customer walks into a Jimmy John's location at 3328 North Clark St. (Courtesy: Armando L Sanchez, Chicago Tribune) Chicago: A US sandwich...

Trump donors meet amid concerns about disarray in White House campaign, fundraising 10 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

The image of U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump is seen painted on a grain of rice created by artist John Kettman in...

Clinton thrilled Obama ‘has my back’ in US election: Reuters interview 10 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Hillary Clinton arrives to speak during the American Israel Public Affairs Committee AIPAC 2016 Policy Conference at the Verizon Center in Washington DC,...

Shooting attack leaves 3 dead in Tel Aviv 09 Jun 2016 - 04:23 pm

Israeli medics arrive with an injured person at a hospital a few moments after a shooting attack in the coastal Mediterranean city of...

French court fines Uber, executives for running illegal service 09 Jun 2016 - 03:33 pm

File photo: AFP / Mark Ralston PARIS: Ride-hailing service Uber Technologies and two of its executives were fined by a French court on...

Syria approves aid convoys to all 19 besieged areas: UN 09 Jun 2016 - 03:28 pm

Geneva: Syria has given approval for humanitarian convoys to reach all of the country's 19 besieged areas by the end of this month,...

Lagos floating school collapses in heavy rains 09 Jun 2016 - 03:05 pm

Residents work to dismantle the Makoko floating school after it collapsed in the Makoko fishing community on the Lagos lagoon, Nigeria June 8,...

Ali to be honored with Muslim funeral service 09 Jun 2016 - 03:03 pm

A portrait of Muhammad Ali, under a crescent moon, stands at a memorial outside the Muhammad Ali Center on June 8, 2016 in...

Regional court fines Nigeria $3.25M over 2013 killings 09 Jun 2016 - 02:23 pm

ECOWAS Headquarters By Rafiu Ajakaye LAGOS, Nigeria: A court representing 15 West African countries fined Nigeria a total of $3.25 million over a...

Assad may allow ground aid to Darayya: US 09 Jun 2016 - 01:52 pm

By Esra Kaymak Avci WASHINGTON: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad may on Friday approve delivery for humanitarian aid to the besieged town of Darayya,...

Somalia 'ready' to take back Dadaab refugees from Kenya 09 Jun 2016 - 01:25 pm

Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp By Magdalene Mukami NAIROBI, Kenya: Somalia is ready to receive its people from Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp, now set...

130 IS fighters killed in battle for Syria's Manbij: monitor 09 Jun 2016 - 01:22 pm

Beirut: More than 130 Islamic State group fighters have been killed in a US-backed offensive on the key jihadist-held city of Manbij in...

Thailand’s animal tourism under scrutiny after Tiger Temple raid 09 Jun 2016 - 01:00 pm

A zoo worker feeds milk to a tiger cub at the Sriracha Tiger Zoo, in Chonburi province, Thailand, June 7, 2016. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom...

With men gone, women shake up farming in rural Nepal 09 Jun 2016 - 12:32 pm

A farmer seen in a picturesque mountain village in Nepal's Kavrepalanchowk district, about 35 kilometers from Kathmandu. ALERTNET/Saleem Shaikh via Thomson Reuters Foundation...

China's propaganda department not good enough at propaganda: govt 09 Jun 2016 - 12:19 pm

AFP/ File photo Beijing: China's propaganda department, tasked with controlling the media and arts, has been given a slap on the wrist for...

Iran arrests visiting Iranian-Canadian scholar - rights group 09 Jun 2016 - 12:08 pm

Homa Hoodfar. Photo credit: Concordia University ANKARA: Iran has arrested a visiting Canadian-Iranian expert in gender and Islam, campaigners said on Thursday, at...

Turkey PM says 'nothing to discuss' with PKK after attacks 09 Jun 2016 - 12:06 pm

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim (C) consoles the relatives on June 8, 2016 in Istanbul during the funeral ceremony of police officers Gokhan...